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Central Utah Water plans pilot recharge tests on former gravel property; city and agency discuss monitoring wells and future land swaps
Summary
Central Utah Water Conservancy will drill three monitoring wells and run a pilot recharge program beginning October. The agency holds land purchased with ARPA funds for recharge and said land purchased with ARPA must remain for water projects; the agency is open to future property swaps to address city concerns.
Representatives of Central Utah Water Conservancy (presented to council via staff summary) plan to drill three monitoring wells on a recharge basin site near Highland and to begin a pilot recharge program in October, city staff told the Highland City Council on May 20.
Staff said CUWCD intends to place monitoring wells in the northeast and southwest corners of the property they control and on a parcel they purchased near the state highway; the wells will track groundwater responses during a winter pilot recharge. The agency bought the larger northern parcel with ARPA funds that must be used for water‑related projects and cannot be repurposed without repayment, staff said.
City staff discussed possible future property swaps: Highland owns a ~10‑acre parcel near the site and staff noted a previous concept to reconfigure road access to improve Public Works operations and possibly permit development that could finance road construction. CUWCD told staff it would consider selling the non‑ARPA parcel in the southeast if the parties reached agreement. The agency will also begin a monitoring program this summer and asked to test recharge volumes through next year.
Councilors asked for geotechnical and slope‑stability reports, information about the mining lease in the adjacent gravel pit, and assurances about where monitoring wells would be sited relative to homes. Staff agreed to follow up and to invite CUWCD for a briefing when the agency has pilot data and clearer plans for the site.
